Toy.



UNITED STATES -PATENT FFICE.

HARRY THAYER KINGSBURY, OF KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 666,530, dated January22, 1901.

Application filed June 14, 1900. Serial No. 20,280. (No model.)

To all whom t magazin/cern:

Be it known that I, HARRY TRAYER KINGS- BURY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Keene, in the county of Cheshire, State of NewHampshire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, ofwhich the following is a description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in toys, and particularly to atoy two-wheeled cart.

The object is to provide a strong and simple toy embodying certain novelelements in its construction; and the invention consists of a toyconstructed as hereinafter described, and referred to in the appendedclaims, and also in the blank from which the body portion is struck up.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a side elevation of atoydonkey-cart embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional Viewillustrating the manner of securing the shafts, and Fig. 3 is a planview of the blank from which the cart is struck up.

In the drawings, and referring first to Fig. 3, A represents as a wholethe body-blank, having the central portion provided with the elongatedopenings t', the forwardly-projecting part B, which when bent up formsthe front of the cart, the lugs cl when the sides C are bent up engagingthe holes g in the part B. The openings b are for the reception of thetail-bar D of the cart.

E represents the shafts, of Wire or other suitable spring material,provided on their inner ends with U-shaped loopsF. The ends of theshafts are passed through the small openings h back to the slots i andare dropped therethrough down around the axle G and up again, the axlethus being embraced by said loops and prevents the shafts from pullingout.

The body is made of one piece of pressed steel bent along the dottedlines shown on Fig. 3, and the sides are embossed to stiften them andgive them a heavier appearance. By this construction a very simple andyet strong and durable toy is produced.

Having thus described myinvention,whatl claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A toy cart, or the like, struck up out of one piece of sheet metalhaving the body portion, the sides bent up therefrom, the upwardly-bentfront portion, and cooperating lugs, shafts passing through openings inthe front portion and body portion, and having loops embracing theaxle,and passing through openings in the body portion; substantially asdescribed.

2. The herein-described blank for bodies of toy carts,composed of asingle sheet of pressed steel, having the projecting part B, the sidesC, the lugs d, and openings g and i; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY TI-IAYER KINGSBURY.

Witnesses:

W. L. MASON, FRANK WILDER.

